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From: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <45@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-Oct-85 19:33:07 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 11 19:33:07 1985
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References: <195@pyuxh.UUCP> <7800485@inmet.UUCP>
Reply-To: robinson@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Summary: 

In article <7800485@inmet.UUCP> janw@inmet.UUCP writes:
>............... I believe that Canadian hate law to be quite
>counterproductive.

I agree. Prior to his trial the vast majority of Canadians had never 
heard of that certifiable nut-case known as Ernst Zundel. The story
is quite different now and I would be surprised if a significant 
minority existed who did not know of him and his views. Thus, by trying
Zundel the Ontario government:
1) gave this man a national forum with which to spread his "message", 
2) continued down the slippery path of censorship, a move which has every
   potential of being used against those ordinary citizens who may desire 
   to voice dissent against the government or its policies, and
3) affirmed the right of the government to establish an official version
   of historical events that cannot be questioned or disputed. Should one
   take issue with this version one may find oneself in jail. We have come
   to expect this type of thought control from Eastern Bloc countries, but to
   experience it right here in the West is indeed distressing. 

J.B. Robinson

What forest? All I see is them thar trees.